Brooms, D. R., Clark, J. S., & Druery, J. E. (2020). “We Can Redefine Ourselves”: Enhancing Black College Men’s Persistence Through Counterspaces. Journal of Black Studies. Black college men are constantly repositioned in higher education discourse as problems and in crises. However, there is much to be learned from… read more
Race and Education (RE)
From “Problems” to “Vulnerable Resources:” Reconceptualizing Black Boys With and Without Disability Labels in U.S. Urban Schools
Proffitt, W. A. (2020). From “Problems” to “Vulnerable Resources:” Reconceptualizing Black Boys With and Without Disability Labels in U.S. Urban Schools. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085920972164 In this article, I propose a critical, alternative framing of Black boys, asserting that Black boys are vulnerable resources rather than problems. Black boys are… read more
Expect the Best; Not the Worst: The Impact of Parental Expectation on Black Males’ Math Scores
Jackson, L. J., Ford, J. R., James, B. A., Schleiden, C. A., Harris-McKoy, D., & Holcomb, J. E. (2020). Expect the Best; Not the Worst: The Impact of Parental Expectation on Black Males’ Math Scores. Journal of Black Studies, 51(8), 767–789. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021934720946427 Due to the racial and gender disparities… read more
Where Are the African American Males? Enrollment Criteria and the Placement of African American Males in Advanced Placement Courses
Lackey, D., & Lowery, K. (2020). Where Are the African American Males? Enrollment Criteria and the Placement of African American Males in Advanced Placement Courses. Urban Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085920959133 This qualitative study was a critical race analysis of Advanced Placement criteria and under-enrollment of African American males in two midwestern… read more